About Lesa's Book Critiques
| I have been a library manager/administrator for over 30 years, in Ohio, Florida, Arizona, and, now, Indiana. Library Journal Mystery Reviewer of the Year 2018. 2022 Raven Award recipient from Mystery Writers of America. Recipient of the 2018 David Thompson Memorial Special Service Award from Bouchercon Board. Winner of the 2011 Arizona Library Association Outstanding Library Service Award. I am a mystery columnist for Library Journal, Mystery Readers Journal, and ReadertoReader.com. Author of the “Mystery Fiction” chapter in Genreflecting: A Guide to Popular Reading Interests (7th ed.) Winner of the 2009 and 2010 Spinetingler Awards for Best Reviewer. |
Recent Posts
A Dangerous Business by Jane Smiley
Mrs. Parks might run a brothel in Monterey, California in 1851, but what she says about women is as true today as it was then. "Everyone knows this is a dangerous business, but, between you and me, being a woman is a dangerous business." Eliza Ripple has known that...
TBR – Meanderings and Muses
I could do an ordinary blog post today, and suggest one book for you to read. Or, I could send you to the special blog post by my friend Kaye Wilkinson Barley. For the last few years, Kaye has asked some of her friends to send her lists. She posted it at...
Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree
If you're used to fantasies with battles and armies, or wicked vampires and other creatures, Travis Baldree's Legends & Lattes will turn your expectations upside down. This is the story of what happens afterwards, after swords are laid down and fights are over....